William Clark (December 19, 1670 - July, 1742) was a merchant and town official in

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in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Around 1713 he built a large house at

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in Boston's North End.

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Clark was born in Boston in 1670 to physician John Clark; siblings included future

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of the House, John Clark. In 1702 he married Sarah Brondson; their children included Robert Clark and Benjamin Clark. William Clark "held several minor town offices, as constable in 1700; overseer of the poor in 1704; ... tithing-man in 1713, 1715 and 1718; ... selectman of Boston from 1719 to 1723, and representative to the General Court, 1719-22, 1724 and 1725." He attended

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(i.e. Second Church), and was a member of the

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. "His death in 1742 asattributed by some to the loss of forty sail of vessels in the French wars." Clark was buried "in his tomb at

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, marked by a tablet bearing the family arms.".Lee. 1881; p.349.

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